Big 50 Ring

The Big 50 Ring^[1] is a power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When the player obtains this power-up, fifty Rings will be granted to the playable character at once. It can be considered a variant of the Super Ring.

Since its debut, the Big 50 Ring has been featured as both a power-up contained in Item Boxes and as an independent, non-contained, and collectible item as well. Regardless of how it has appeared though, the Big 50 Ring has functioned identically in every game.

Description

The Big 50 Ring follows the same principles as the Super Ring. When obtaining a Big 50 Ring, the player is instantly granted fifty Rings at once which are automatically added to the player's total Ring count. Rings granted by Big 50 Rings function like regular Rings, as the player is able to lose them after taking damage and then recollect them.

The Big 50 Ring appears either as a power-up contained in an Item Box or as a floating golden Ring separate from Item Boxes that is slightly larger than regular Rings and has the number "50" in its center. Item Boxes containing Big 50 Rings display a golden ring with the number "50" written in its center. Like other Item Boxes, Big 50 Ring Item Boxes can be hidden in places that are not easily spotted or reached. Big 50 Rings that appear as large floating Rings are likewise obtained upon simply touching them, as there is no Item Box in-between them and the player. However, they cannot be targeted by attacks like the Homing Attack, unlike Big 50 Rings in Item Boxes. When collecting an Item Box-less Big 50 Ring, a unique sound effect is played compared to the regular chime exhibited by Rings.

On a few rare occasions, the Big 50 Rings can appear in groups to be picked up.

Game appearances

Sonic Unleashed

The Big 50 Ring made its first appearance in the Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed. In this game, it is exclusively a floating ring without an Item Box.

In gameplay, the Big 50 Rings appear only in the nighttime stages. While they start out as uncommon objects when first introduced, they will appear more frequently as the player advances through the game.

Sonic Lost World

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, the Ring power-up is referred to as Big 50 Ring.^[1] In this game, it is exclusively an Item Box item. The Item Boxes that contain the Big 5o Ring in this game hold a golden Ring with the number "50" written in its center. They are also rather rare power-ups in the Zones.

Besides Item Boxes, the Big 50 Rings can be obtained through other means, outside of the Zones. Exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, the player can make a Big 50 Ring in Tails' Lab using eight Bronze Materials and three Silver Materials. Once obtained, these Big 50 Rings will be stored away for the player to use later in the Zones. During these Zones, the player can look up the Item Bag and select the Big 50 Ring to instantly bestow it onto the playable character.

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Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS)

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References

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Big 50 Ring
Blue Shield	Bomb	Bowling Strike
Chaos Emerald	Change	Character
Colorball	Combi Catcher	Combine Ring
Combination Dash	Combo Bonus	Confusion
Continue Monitor	Damage Recover	Eggman Mark
Explosion	Exploding Balloon	Flame Jump
Fly Charge	Free Throw	Gauge Up
Gold Shield	GP Boost	Grow

Health	Heat Barrier	High Speed
Hyper Heli-Tails	Jet Board	Jump
Magnet	Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus
Mine	Minus Ring	Mosaic
Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink	Player Swap
Pogo Spring	Power Core	Random
Random Ring Bonus	Reaper	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Rocket Shoes
S	Propeller Shoes	Shrink
Skateboard	Slow	Soda Rocket

Speed Down	Stage Select	Steal Boost
Steal Wisp	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Transparency
Twister	Warp

Bashosen	Blizzard Bomb	Booby Trap
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Captive Light
Chao Attack	Chao Chase	Chao Guardians
Chao-nado	Chopper Chomp	Cyan Laser
Cyclone Charge	Dead End	Drac-O'-Lantern
Dragon Dance	Electro Boost	EMP Boost
Explosive Mine	Festive Umbrella Boost	Fire Boost
Fire Whirl	Fireball	Firework Flurry
Flue Shot	Frozen Chopper Chomp	Green Hover
Harvest Time	Hedge Maze	Home Run

Ice Mine	Ice Wave	Illusion Boost
Illusion Mine	Lava Bomb	Lightning
Lilytrap	Moto-Bug	Pyro-Mine
Ring Portal	Pink Spikes	Star Trail
Steal	Storm Cloud	Strike Out
Tail Spring	Tail Strike	Tornado
Trap Shot	Umbrella Boost	Whirlwind
Wind Boost	Wipeout	Wrench Rush
Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch